flights from Belfast to Paris

I’ve flown them a number of times but none recently. They were all fine. Budget airline that charges for checked bags, better seats etc, I have heard they are strict on they carry one requirements. I generally pay for the add ons. Checked bag and an exit row seat. Allows me to board early, carry on plus personal item.

Just read through the website to understand what is and isn’t included.

We will be flying to Paris at the end of our RS tour as well to pick up a river cruise. I found a flight on British airways for 175 a person with a layover in London.

If you want to go nonstop, I think Easyjet is your only option.

Easyjet is one of the largest, most popular low-cost carriers serving the UK and much of western Europe. It's a low cost carrier, so you need to know all that comes with their business model, but as long as you go in eyes-wide-open, it should be fine.

Read everything on their website carefully to be sure you fully understand the rules and what you get (and what you don't get, and what it will cost you extra if you need it).

You can also take the coach from Belfast to Dublin airport, that will give you a lot more options.

We looked at Belfast to Lisbon and flights were limited. We ended up taking the bus to Dublin, then flight to Lisbon. I think it is Ryanair and reasonable but you pay for everything—carry on luggage was more than checking the same bag.

Just flew EasyJet from Belfast to Liverpool less than a month ago and my first experience with them. I was nervous on what to expect. As someone suggested pay a bit extra for the ticket that gives you a seat closer to the front and allows a personal item and a "plus size cabin bag", which is what I think they call it for a regular carryon. At the gate they had our group that had these tickets separated and sent out to board first, the rest were in a separate line. I did not see any issues with people in our line getting pulled aside to check carry on bag size or weight. Not sure about the others in the other line. For reference, we each had a RS Convertible Carry On and they weighed about 20 lbs each. My brother also had similar, but a big book for his foot dangling off and no one said anything. Could just be the gate agents we had, but it was smooth for us.

Other advice would be to limit the possibilities of interactions with their personnel. This means downloading the app, so you don't have to go collect a paper ticket, and we always sit just a bit aways from the gate to not attract any attention.